| ANTRUM | For example, left 11 across characters forcing the rest into a cavity (6) |
| WINDBREAK | Turn the rest into a row of trees perhaps (9) |
| TENON | A piece of wood for fitting into a cavity in another piece to form a joint (5) |
| ORIFICE | Opening into a cavity (7) |
| ALIENS | 9-Across characters |
| THEORETICAL | I was put in with the rest into the exam, not the practical |
| INAPT | Not fitting the rest into it (5) |
| ROMAN | and 25 Across: Characters that could make mimic livid when 'bigged up'? (5) |
| LEGALEAGLES | Many 31-Across characters |
| ACTSUP | Is naughty, forcing the cat to drink (4,2) |
| VORTEX | A whirl of atoms, fluid or vapour forming a cavity in the centre (6) |
| LACUNA | In biology, a cavity or depression, such as any of the spaces in the matrix of bone |
| EGLANTINE | For example, left a good book, in the end, about a flowering shrub (9) |
| HOLLOW | A cavity (6) |
| FILLER | Material used to stuff a cavity (6) |
| DRILLS | Works on a cavity |
| PORTMANTEAUWORD | Motorcade, for example, left guy due to raw winds (11,4) |
| BLOC | The Warsaw Pact, for example, left with nothing in years gone by (4) |
| GRIME | Dirt, for example, left round the edge (5) |
| ENNUI | Lack of interest when, for example, left out in genuine mix-up (5) |
